{"id":141870,"date":"2013-10-02T12:00:54","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T16:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/?p=141870"},"modified":"2013-12-09T11:45:56","modified_gmt":"2013-12-09T16:45:56","slug":"internet-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/political-ironing\/10\/02\/internet-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"How The Internet Has Responded To The Shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/america-shutdown.png\" alt=\"America Shutdown\" width=\"500\" height=\"321\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-141910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/america-shutdown.png 500w, https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/america-shutdown-200x128.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In a move so moronic that it doesn&#8217;t even qualify as evil, the current House GOP has finally done it: they&#8217;ve &#8220;shut down&#8221; the federal government. Pay no mind to the fact that the most important aspects of the Affordable Care Act were implemented regardless, or that 800,000 Americans&#8211;you know, the blue collar sort about which the GOP claims to care soooo much&#8211;don&#8217;t know when they&#8217;re going to receive their next paycheck. Or that, well, less than 24 hours in, popular favor has already shifted toward Democrats for upcoming 2014 elections and that the ACA website has been swamped with traffic. Pay no mind to any of that. That&#8217;s just reality. Anyway, a tiny faction of the Republican Party is <em>that<\/em> much closer to unleashing their ideological fantasy on the country, and in their eyes&#8211;regardless of the consequences&#8211;it&#8217;s a success. The Internet, however, begs to differ. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/government-shutdown-house-of-turds.jpg\" alt=\"Shutdown House Of Turds\" width=\"750\" height=\"859\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-141873\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/government-shutdown-nic-cage.jpg\" alt=\"Shutdown Nic Cage\" width=\"750\" height=\"610\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-141872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/government-shutdown-nic-cage.jpg 738w, https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/government-shutdown-nic-cage-200x162.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/government-shutdown-nic-cage-600x487.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/government-shutdown-tea-party-dems.jpg\" alt=\"Shutdown Tea Party Dems\" width=\"750\" height=\"556\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-141871\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/government-shutdown-congress.gif\" alt=\"Shutdown Congress\" width=\"750\" height=\"603\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-141874\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/government-shutdown-broken-watch.jpg\" alt=\"Shutdown Broken Watch\" width=\"750\" height=\"583\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-141875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/government-shutdown-broken-watch.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/government-shutdown-broken-watch-200x155.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/government-shutdown-broken-watch-600x466.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/government-shutdown-boehner-fox.jpg\" alt=\"Shutdown Boehner Fox\" width=\"750\" height=\"552\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-141876\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/government-shut-down-switch.jpg\" alt=\"Shutdown Switch\" width=\"750\" height=\"606\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-141877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/government-shut-down-switch.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/government-shut-down-switch-200x161.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/government-shut-down-orange.jpg\" alt=\"Shutdown Orange\" width=\"750\" height=\"426\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-141878\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/government-shut-down-open.jpg\" alt=\"Shutdown Open\" width=\"750\" height=\"328\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-141879\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/government-shut-down-nsa.jpg\" alt=\"Shutdown NSA\" width=\"750\" height=\"668\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-141880\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/government-shut-down-north-korea.jpg\" alt=\"Shutdown North Korea\" width=\"750\" height=\"880\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-141881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/government-shut-down-north-korea.jpg 460w, https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/government-shut-down-north-korea-170x200.jpg 170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/government-shut-down-loss.jpg\" alt=\"Shutdown Loss\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-141882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/government-shut-down-loss.jpg 500w, 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